ASRock Launches FM2A85X-ITX Mini-ITX Motherboard

Taiwanese motherboard manufacturer ASRock has shown off a new mini-ITX motherboard aimed at home theater PC (HTPC) users called the FM2A85X-ITX. The new motherboard uses AMD’s A85X chipset and supports the company’s latest Trinity accelerated processing units (APUs).
The FM2A85X-ITX motherboard features an AMD FM2 socket surrounded by two DDR3 DIMM slots (max of 32GB 1866MHz RAM), a PCI-E 2.0 x16 slot, and seven SATA 6Gbps ports. A six phase VRM, two USB 3.0 headers, 8 channel audio chip, and RAID 0/1/10 support round out the package.

External IO on the mini-ITX motherboard includes:

1 x PS/2

4 x USB 2.0

2 x USB 3.0

1 x eSATA 6Gbps

1 x Gigabit Ethernet

1 x Optical S/PDIF

5 x Analog audio jacks

1 x DVI

1 x HDMI

1 x VGA

According to Tech Power Up, the new motherboard will cost around $110 USD. Thanks to the form factor, APU support, and multitude of storage connectivity options, the board would make for an excellent addition to a HTPC build!